{"id":30584,"date":"2025-03-05T02:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T02:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30584"},"modified":"2025-03-05T07:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T07:59:16","slug":"breaking-cowboys-plan-40-million-change-in-dak-contract-following-lamb-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30584","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Plan $40 Million Change in Dak Contract Following Lamb Move.."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"m-detail-header--title\">Cowboys Plan $40 Million Change in Dak Prescott Contract Following CeeDee Lamb Move<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">The Dak Prescott contractual &#8220;ink&#8221; can be moved. And in fact, our CowboysCountry.com insider Mike Fisher is predicting we might be moments away from that very thing occurring.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>FRISCO &#8211; That\u00a0Dallas Cowboys&#8217; $240 million contract with Dak Prescott, signed last fall on the eve of the start of the 2024 season? The ink, by now, is of course dry.<\/p>\n<p>But the ink can be moved. And in fact, our CowboysCountry.com insider Mike Fisher is predicting we might be moments away from that very thing occurring.<\/p>\n<p>Built into the deal with the Dallas QB are void years, future empty vessels in which to move cap money as to spread out and lessen the impact of Prescott&#8217;s salary.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-44b4bf53038c4e06ac42dabe2802a53d\" data-google-query-id=\"CISupu_p8YsDFYdYDwIdqj8sag\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It was 30 years ago when Jerry Jones and the Cowboys first started utilizing this tool, and Dallas became the model for how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>And now it is about to happen again.<\/p>\n<p>Writes Fish: &#8220;It is very simple and it is very clear: At whatever point the Cowboys wish to do so, they can &#8216;flip the switch&#8217; on Dak&#8217;s existing deal, without having to ask permission or negotiate, and move his 2025 cap hit from $89.89 million to about $50 to $54 million and in doing do will gain about $36 to $40 million in cap room.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-a95ec61396b14c50bdec395ccfd478d5\" data-google-query-id=\"COWPrOrq8YsDFZhkDwIdySQs_g\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_6__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"7\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;And,&#8221; Fish adds, &#8220;with\u00a0NFL\u00a0free agency opening up on March 12, the smart prediction is that Dallas &#8216;flips the switch&#8217; sometime in the coming days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fisher also noted weeks ago that the Cowboys can (will?) do the same thing with\u00a0CeeDee Lamb&#8217;s deal, with $20 million of room opening up. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And on Tuesday, they did just that. (Read more below.)<\/p>\n<p>And as we&#8217;ve been reporting for months, if Dallas also does its long-term contract with Micah Parsons in a timely fashion, the Cowboys can end up with about $100 million in cap room with which to go shopping.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-e2e7c530fd6d4d63923d3f975d2158a1\" data-google-query-id=\"COaPrOrq8YsDFZhkDwIdySQs_g\" data-ad-size=\"300x134\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_7__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_7\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_7\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"8\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We do add a cautionary note to all of this, and an acknowledgement of Cowboys Nation&#8217;s skepticism: While not &#8220;flipping the switch&#8221; on Dak&#8217;s deal would leave his cap impact at $89.89 million &#8211; a figure so massive it would preclude Dallas from doing much roster-building business at all &#8211; COO Stephen Jones&#8217; conservatism on these matters justifies your wait-and-see approach.<\/p>\n<p>But this we know for sure: March 12 is coming. So whatever the Cowboys&#8217; cap plan is? We have our prediction &#8230; and you are seeing Plan &#8220;Blow It Up&#8221; happen in real time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys Plan $40 Million Change in Dak Prescott Contract Following CeeDee Lamb Move The Dak Prescott contractual &#8220;ink&#8221; can be moved. 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